589: Chapter 587 Awakening from the Dream

Chu Xuan suddenly opened his eyes and immediately noticed something was wrong.

When he had previously entered the dream, he was sitting on the floor in the corner with his back against the wall. Now, he was standing, his gaze locked directly onto the wall.

The wall was constructed of special steel, its surface as smooth as a mirror, clearly reflecting a person's image.

The moment Chu Xuan came to his senses, he realized at once that he was staring at his own reflection on the wall with a profound gaze, a bizarre curve hooking the corner of his lips.

Not only that, but the Fire of Nirvana was burning furiously all over his body.

This pitch-black flame had a faint golden tint to it, leaping over three meters high. Although it failed to cause even the slightest damage to the steel plates overhead, it secretly alarmed Chu Xuan.

In the next instant, the Fire of Nirvana slowly dissipated on its own.

But at the same time, Chu Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Through the mirror-smooth walls of the confinement room, Chu Xuan discovered that his entire body was actually covered in black patterns.

As the Fire of Nirvana completely vanished, these patterns slowly retracted, leaving remnants only on his left chest and left arm.

"Something's not right..."

Chu Xuan pulled open his clothes at his chest and suddenly realized that, at some point, a few patterns had also appeared on his right chest.

"The Fire of Nirvana just now didn't belong to me..." Chu Xuan's eyes darkened as he checked his spirituality value: 14,150 points.

Just before waking up from his dream, Chu Xuan had specially checked it; his spirituality value was exactly this number, unchanged.

"This time upon waking, my body was out of my control once again, and quite a few changes have occurred compared to before... Not only did the Fire of Nirvana manifest naturally, but the black patterns on my chest have also increased."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes, immediately recalling that not long ago, after completing his rank advancement, when the unfamiliar consciousness inside him was fighting for control of his body, the Fire of Nirvana had burned, accompanied by these black patterns spreading across his body.

A thought suddenly popped into Chu Xuan's mind: "Perhaps, once these patterns spread across my entire body, I will lose myself and be replaced..."

In a split second, Chu Xuan took out his phone to check and confirm the time.

9:31!

Chu Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Normally, I should enter the dream at 9:00, and it should still be 9:00 when I wake up."

"But because of my deaths in the dream and the delays before, I had already accumulated a 21-minute delay in waking up. Adding the one duration extension in this dream..."

"Logically, I should have woken up at 9:22 this time, but now... it's 9:31!"

At this point in his thoughts, Chu Xuan immediately realized where the problem lay: "After advancing in rank, each death and extension in the dream is no longer an accumulation of 1 minute, but 10 minutes!"

This feeling of having thorns in his back made Chu Xuan narrow his eyes, a cold glint flashing deep within them.

Could transcending oneself be the only way to resolve this hidden danger?

Could there be a trap in this as well?

Looking at it this way, I must start to Cultivate the [Sanyuan Qi-Guiding Art], promoting myself through the martial path, and reach Level 18 first.

These various thoughts passed in the blink of an eye. Chu Xuan had no time to ponder too deeply; he still remembered that a Lightning Tribulation was about to strike here.

With a flash of teleportation.

Chu Xuan vanished from the confinement room, directly using his teleportation skill to leave this 50-meter-deep underground space and arrive mid-air.

"Brother Chicken, I was wrong! Hurry up and let me down! Stop shocking me, I really was wrong..." Not far away, Gaga Chicken was carrying Qin Shaowu on its back, flying up and down. Silver electrical arcs permeated its entire body, driving Qin Shaowu to the brink of ecstasy and agony.

At this moment, dark clouds had already gathered in the sky.

Almost at the exact moment Chu Xuan appeared, a purple bolt of lightning crashed down like a swimming Dragon.

His entire body shuddered violently, but he remained suspended mid-air. Aside from a slight numbness, there were no other effects.

However, Chu Xuan did not dare to be careless.

This was only the first Lightning Tribulation, which Chu Xuan could still withstand, but the second Lightning Tribulation that followed would be extremely terrifying.

In the dream, when [Future Tang Zheng] revealed the news that [Concealment] had already become a True God and was about to destroy the world shortly, turning the entire world into an Evil God's domain, this second Lightning Tribulation had blasted straight through fifty meters of underground space, which was truly exaggerated.

Chu Xuan continued to teleport away while rushing forward at his fastest speed, heading straight toward a large lake over a thousand meters away.

Meanwhile, thick, dark clouds gathered once more, completely blotting out the sky, as if the world had plunged into an endless night.

"Wow! Another Lightning Tribulation! Lord Peng can have a blast again today!" Gaga Chicken's eyes gleamed with excitement as it chased right after Chu Xuan.

"Don't, Lord Chicken, stop playing! I'm scared!" Qin Shaowu was terrified and wanted to escape, but silver electrical arcs kept flashing across Gaga Chicken's body, binding him tightly to it so that he could not break free at all.

"Ga ga! Didn't you like excitement, kid? Lord Peng will take you to play something even more exciting..." Cackling with a devious laugh, Gaga Chicken had already flashed right in front of Chu Xuan.

"Don't follow me, get away!" Having just arrived at the center of the lake, Chu Xuan saw Gaga Chicken carrying Qin Shaowu over. His eyelids twitched instantly, and he immediately understood how Qin Shaowu had died in the dream—as it turned out, he was played to death by Gaga Chicken.

"Stay away from me!" Chu Xuan shouted loudly while rushing forward.

Based on his previous experience of being struck by lightning, Chu Xuan already knew that if he let Gaga Chicken help him take the strike, the number of Lightning Tribulations would double and become even stronger.

This second Lightning Tribulation was too terrifying and could kill him instantly. If two of them struck, even with Gaga Chicken blocking them, Chu Xuan could not guarantee he would survive.

Instead of that, it was better to bear it all by himself.

Possessing the skill [I Will Not Die] to lock his health, Chu Xuan was confident he could withstand this wave.

Boom—!!

An earth-shattering thunderclap resounded, and the entire surface of the lake suddenly boiled.

[You have suffered a fatal lightning strike...]

[Your Exclusive Skill "I Will Not Die" has been triggered. Your spirituality value -1,000. Your health points are preserved at 5 points.]

[Warning! You are in a near-death state. Your current health points cannot maintain your bodily functions. In your current state, you will die within 3-5 minutes.]

Chu Xuan immediately took out the super life recovery potion and drank it all.